The big news and cause for many progressives continues to be how Ned Lamont has forced Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman into a primary. There are many excellent (and often highly emotional on both sides) takes on this battle.
Here are two of the best MUST READS with differing perspectives:
Tom Watson’s fascinating take where he looks at Lamont and makes the case that he is the first You Tube candidate. Watson is also on a Lamont fund-raising committee and lists some other candidates he wants to see win.
James Joyner’s analysis where he raises some questions about the logic of some Connecticut election laws and whether what is being called a big victory is actually that.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.